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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
HAMLET-A LITTLE HAM.

LET US go to the theatre tonight sug-
gested citizen to a man in the pork bust
ness.
49," was the reply, II don't know that
care to. What is the play?'
Hamlet "
Then of course I'll go. I'm interested in
everything pertaining to hams, even to little
ones'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
HE GETS IN HIS WORK.

Speaking about men who get in their
work." remarked Scroggs, II know one
man who never fails"
''Who is that ?" asked Joggins.
HE is well digger. You see, he can't do
his work al all unless he gets in it,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
THE LAND HE HAD GONE TO.

THE LAND HE HAD GONE TO.
Jones has gone to the spirit land, re-
marked one man to another.
What! Jones dead! was the reply. Il
hadn't heard of it,
II didn't say he was dead"
You said he'd gone to the spirit land"
$50 he has-gone to Kentucky, the country
of old Bourbon"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01

From the noisome, noxious vapor of the
burning weed and paper that assembled
and extended to the ceiling overhead,
came a voice sepulchral, dismal as
groan from depths abyssmal, and lis
tened, filled with terror, to the fearful
things it said.
Meier king in realm of fiction, nor tyrant
of affection, has imposed such wearing
evils on his dying subjects yet, as this
horrible creation for extensive fumiga-
ton, which the enterprising maker calls
this 'sharmless cigarette"
am made Of stumps discarded and ingre-
dents regarded by commissions san1-
tary as disease-creating trash; but with
scraps of cloth and leather am jumbled
up together, and am shrouded in paper
for an inhalation rash.
Though my flavor agonizes with fume that
sense despises, and in nothing dread nor
dismal may my constitution lack; still
of uselessness acquit me and as antidote
admit me, for kill the dudish monkey
and the anglomaniac.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
WHAT STRUCK HIM MOST.

WIFI oIfNCh Tim -1OoK'
First Citizen-Been to Boston, have you?
Second Citizen-Yes.
"What struck you most forcibly there?'
what struck me as peculiar was the fact
that there are no BARRIERS there"
No BARRIERS"
"No: they are all tonsorial artists and alb
breviators of capillary attachments.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
WHITE SULPHUR.
THE FAMOUS SUMMER RESORT OF
THE SOUTH.

1t Leads in the Introduction of the Cottage
System-Its First Use in 177S-Some of
the Attractions at This Most Pleasant OF
Country Homes-Dancing the Feature.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01

"Are you going to the baseball match this
afternoon, Snippit?'
Eyes, McCorkle; Pm going as soon as l
take bath"
"Take bath! What do you want to 60 in
disguise for?'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01

dance, generally the
time honored Virginia
reel. The scene is an
idyllic one, like those
portrayed by Vatican,
with the necessary
changes of setting in
cident to an entertain
ment On another con-
tinent. On all sides
risethetowering noun
tains, thickly wooded,
the green of the base
toned to a deep cobalt
as the summit is
reached under the
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
Want Churches.

London has great problem. 1t has
26OO, 600 people unable to get into place of
worship. In Central London, with 1000, 900,
there is only accommodations for 6OO,0O0.-
Erchd7age
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
THE HOUSE SET A GOOD EXAMPLE.

Look here" said Centre-avenue man to
a builder, that house you put up for me is
settling"
That's because you fail to do it," replied
the latter. ''There are three payments due
now"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
CALIFORNIA STILL AHEAD.

PENNSYLVANIA Man-We have discovered
gold quartz in Franklin county.
California Man-Quartz! 0, pshaw! We
never pretend to find it in California in less
than bushels.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
"Why ~ asked Joggins.
HOW MANY THERE ARE.

How many American defaulters do yon
suppose there are in Canada?" asked Ne
Fiddleton.
~ don't knnu y rnnlie6 Trimmer
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01

A ten-cent spelling book is worth more
than ten dollars worth of complexion beau
tter IN dressing for the future life where
the body will never enter.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01

why a Canadian paper took vote
on the question of annexation, and more
than that number were opposed to the
scheme"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01

phur might we'll
be epitomizedin
the en- t e n ce,
EAT, drink and
be merry" to the
latter clause at
teaching that lat
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
GCopyrighted, 1881

HE social characters
tics of the w hite Sui
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-01
"How did Won find out so exactly ?"

I don KNOW, repIleu ripper
More than -OO.n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
PROTECTION OF GAME.

Section l. Be it enacted by the Legis-
lsture of the State of Texas: That arti-
Gle 1923, of section l, of an act entitled
Gan act to amend articles 423, 424, 1926,
426, 427, 428, 429 and 43Oa, and to create
article 1861 and to repeal article 430, OF
chapter 5, title Is, of the Penal Code CT
the Revised Statutes, for the protection
of fish and game" approved March Is,
A. d. 1881, be amended so as to read as
follows:
Article 42S. If any person shall in any
manner catch or Kill any quail or part
ridges in this state, III the months of
April, May, June, July, August, and Sep
TENDER of any year, he shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor. and upon con-
victiop thereof before any justice of the
peace, or other court of competent juris-
dictiOn, shall he fined the sum Of $40, to-
gether with all costs of suit, which fac
shall go to the common school fund, and
the person so convicted shall stand COM
mitted to jail until such fine and costs
are paid; and the netting of patridges
and quail is hereby entirely prohibited,
under like penalty for the infraCtIOn of
this provision and under the proceedings
governing this article. Approved, March
%, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
COUNTY OFFICERS AND COUNTY
MONEYS.

Section /. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the state of Texas: That an act
entitled an act to amend article 951, title
"a, of the Revised Statutes, approved
March q, 1888, be so amended as to here
after read as follows:
Art. 95l Clerks of the district and
county courts, county judges, county
treasurers, sheriff, district and county at
5orneys, constsbles and justices of the
peace, WHO shall collect or handle any
money for the use OF the county, shall
make full and complete report, under
oath, in writing, to the COM
missioners' court, at each regular
term thereof, CT ell fines i'm
posed and collected and all ia gments
rendered and collected for the use of the
county, and all jury fees collected in their
respective courts in favor of or for the
use of the county; and at the same time
to present their receipts and vouchers
showing what disposition has been made
of the money collected, tiues imposed
and Judgments rendered; which reports,
receipts and vouchers shall be carefully
examined by the said commissioners
court, and if found to be correct, shall
cause the clerk to enter the same on the
financial ledger, and if found to be incor-
rect, shall summon said officer before
them and have the same corrected; and
said reports, receipts and vouchers shall
be filed in the county clerks office. Ap-
proved March %, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
LEGISLATION
Bills Passed by the Twentieth Legis-
Iature Of the State of Texas at
the Regular Session, 1887.
TRIAL BEFORE JURY

Section L. Be it enacted by the Legis-
lature of the State of Texas, that title 8,
chapter 5, of an act entitled San Act to
adopt and establish a Code of Criminal
Procedure for the State Of Texas"
passed February 81, 1879, be so amended
as to add an additional article, as follows,
to-wit:
Art. 669a. Where two or more defend
ants are prosecuted for an offense grow
ing out of the same transaction, by
separate indictments, either defendant
may file his affidavit in writing that one
or more parties are indicted for en- offense
growing out of the same transaction for
which he is indicted, and that
the evidence of such party
or parties is material for the
defense of the sffiant, and that the afisnt
verify believes that there is not sufficient
evidence against the party or parties
whose evidence IS desired to secure his or
their conviction; such party or parties for
whose evidence ssid affidavit is made
shall be first tried; and in the event that
two or more defendants make such aft
davit and cannot agree as to their order
of trial, then the presiding judge shall
direct the order in which the defendants
shall be tried: Provided, that the making
of such affidavit does not without other
sufficient cause operate as q continuance
to either party. Approved, March 81,
1887
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
PHYSICIANS.

Section l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the state of Texas, that article
$685., title 70, of the Revised Civil Statutes
of the State of Texas, be and the same is
hereby amended so as hereafter to read
as follows:
Article $685. The certificate provided
for in the two preceding articles shall, be-
fore the personI ito whom it was granted is
entitled to practice by virtue thereof, be
recorded in the office of the clerk of the
district court of the county in which such
practitioner may reside or sojourn, in q
well bound book to be kept by the clerk
for that purpose, and when so recorded
said clerk shall certify thereon, under his
official seal, the fact and date of such
record, and shall return such certificate
to the person to whom the same was
granted, and shall be entitled to demand
and receive for such service from the
holder of such certificate the sum OF 81.
Approved March %, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
DALLAS RACES.

The Interest Increasing with Each Days
Sport.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, April THE weather
continues to favor the races, notwith-
standing the constant prayer of the farm
er for rain. To-day the interest was
greater and the attendance larger than be-
fore.
First race-Running, sill ages; SIS to
nominate; $50 more to run; $3.50 added;
$50 to second; $50 to third; half mile
dash; six entries. Won by Juliet: Ben
Hill, second; Etie Hardy, third. Time,
O:504
Second rsce-Running; purse $500; all
ages; maiden allowances; one and one
eighth mile dash; six entries All racers
started even and held together with
varying advantages to the finish. Bet
| ting had been spirited, with Kemp Dill
lard the pool favorite. Excitement was
intense. Jennie Mcfarland ran under
the wire barely ahead of Kemp billiard,
with Sam Harper close behind. Time,
:594. A foul was claimed on Jennie
Mcfarland by Kemp billiards. rider, but
was not allowed.
Third race-Trotting and pacing; purse
$780, all ages; three in five; PAGERS 2:20
or better to wagon; trOtters 2:24 or
better to harness; trOtters or PAGERS
2 :27 or over to saddle; purse 5000.
First heat-Wayne Wilkes, PAGER; Pilot
MaGbrino, trOtter; Dan B., PAGER to
wagon. Wayne Wilkes took the lead
| from the stsrt and gradually gained until
the last quarter, when Dan B. COM
menced to steadily gain, but Wayne
Wilkes came under the wire about
| length ahead. Pilot Mambrino was dis
tanced, barely getting to the wire by the
| time the others had returned for recOgni-
| ton. Time, 1886.
| Second heat-Wayne Wilkes took the
lead at the start and held it through the
! first quarter. In the second quarter Dan
B began to close up and passed the third
stake neck and neck. The last quarter
was one of the most exciting periods
of the meet. Dan B. gained about half
| length and held until within a few
| feet of the finish when he broke, but as he
| lost by the break the judges gave him the
heat. Time, first quarter, 40 sec; sec
ond, lis; third, / :56; finish, 1921.
| Third heat-Dan B. took the lead from
the start and gained rapidly during the
first and second quarters. Wayne Wilkes
closed up slowly during the third, more
rapidly during the fourth, but came out
length behind. Time, 1882.
! FIurth heat-Wayne Wilkes left the
wire slightly in the lead, but Dan B. soon
! took 1t and held it through first quarter.
Wayne Wilkes gained little during the
second quarter, held his place during the
third and gained rapidly toward the
finish. But Dan B. ran under the wire
with a good advantage, winning the purse.
! This was one of The steadiest and pretIIest
OF ell the races. neither horse breaking.
Time, 2:28.
| This tiuished the regular programme,
and the judges annOunCeda special smile
running dash, all ages, no restriction.
| Purse, 500.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
FORTY-FIRsT JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

Section l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the state of Texas: That the
counties of Brewster, Buchel, Foley, Pc
cos, Val Verde, Crockett, Kinney, Ed
wards, JEFF Davis and Maverick, be and
the same are hereby constituted the For
ty-frst Judicial district CT the state of
Texas.
Sec. 2. The district courts shall be held
in the several counties composing the
Forty frst Judicial district as follows:
In the county of Brewster on the first
Mondays in March and September, and
may continue in session two weeks;
In the county of PCcos on the third
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and September, and may continue in SEES
sion two weeks.
Ia the county OF Val Verde on the fifth
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and September, and may continue in SEES
sion two weeks.
In the county Of Kinney on the seventh
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and September, and may continue IN SEES
sion three weeks.
In the county of Edwards on the tenth
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and September, and may continue in SEES
sion two weeks.
In the county of Maverick on the twelfth
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and September, and continue in session
until the business is disposed Of.
The unorganized county of Crockett is
hereby attached to the county of Val
Verde tor judicial purposes.
Sec. 8. The Governor shall appoint
some suitable citizen of said district,
possessing the qualifications required by
the Constitution in case of an election,
Judge of said district, who shall hold his
office until the next general election and
until his successor is elected and quail
fed; and the Governor shall also appoint
some suitable citizen of said district,
possessing the qualification required in
case of an election, district attorney of
said district until the next general
election and until his successor is elected
and qualified.
Sec. 4. All Wrfts and process returnable
to the district courts as heretofore fixed
in the several counties affected by this
act shall be as valid and binding as if no
change had been made by this act.
Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. Whreas the dockets in the dis
trict courts in the several counties COM
posing the district hereby created are now
in such crowded condition as to prevent a
speedy trial of the same unless this bill is
enacted into law, creates UGH an emer-
gency and public necessity as requires the
suspension of the constitutional rule re-
curing bills to be read On three several
days, said rule is, therefore, suspended,
and it is enacted that this act take effect
ard be in force from and after it's pass
age. Approved March %, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT,

Section |. Be it enacted by the Legis-
Iature of the state Of Texas: That section
thirty-eIght of an act entitled can act to
redistrict the state into judicial districts
and to fix the times for holding court
therein, and to provide for the election
Of judges and attorneys in said districts
at the next general election to be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1884," approved April 9,
1883, be so amended as hereafter to read
as follows:
Section SO. The Thirty-eighth Judicial
district shall be comp sed of the counties
of Uvalde, Comal, Kendall, Kerr, Ban
dera, and Medina, and the district courts
therein shall be held as follows:
In the county of Uvalde on the second
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and SEPTEMBER, and may continue in ses-
sion two weeks.
In the county of Bandera on the fifth
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and September, and may continue in ses-
sion two weeks.
In the county of Kendall on the seventh
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and September, and may continue in ses-
sion two weeks.
In the county OF Kerr on the ninth Mon
Gay bIEeT Tie urSG mOuudyS III maICu duu
September, and may continue in session
two weeks.
In the county of Comal on the eleventh
Monday after the first Mondays in March
and September, and may continue in SEES
sion two weeks.
In the county of Medina on the thir-
teenth Monday after the first Mondays in
March and September, and may continue
in session until the business is disposed
of.
Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. The near approach of the close
of the session of the Legislature creates
an imperative public necessity which
justifes the suspension of the constitu-
tior al rule requiring bills to be read on
three several days, and the same is there
fore suspended; and as an emergency ex-
lists that this bill become law from and
after its passage, in order to clear the
dockets of the district courts of the coun-
ties composing this district, and to give
to the parties litigant speedy trial, it is
further enacted that this bill become q
law from ana after its passage. Approved,
March %. 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Section l. Be it enacted by the Legis-
Ieture of the state of Texas: That sec
ton 13 Of section l, of an act entitled Gan
act 10 amend section 13 of an act to re-
district the state into Judicial districts
and fix the times for holding courts there
in, and to provide for the election of
judges and district attorneys in said dis
tricts at the next general election to be
held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1884," approved
March 81, 1885, be so amended as to
hereafter read as follows:
Section 10. The Thirteenth judicial
district shall be composed of the couu-
ties of Limestone, Freestone and Navarro,
and the District courts shall be held
therein as follows:
In the county of Freestone on the first
Monday IN September and the second
Monday in February, and may continue
in session four weeks.
In the county of Limestone on the
fourth Monday after the first Monday in
September, and on the fourth Monday af-
ter the second Monday in February, and
may continue in session seven weeks.
In the county of Navarro on the third
Monday in June and the first Monday in
December of each year, and may continue
in session nine weeks.
Sec. 3. The fact that these courts will
meet in less than ninety days after the
adjournment of the Legislature, creates
an imperative public necessity and an
emergency that this act take effect and be
in force from and after its passage, and it
is so enacted. Approved, March %,
1897
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

that at any time within four years from
the date of the record of such will in this
state, the validity of such will may be
contested in proceeding instituted for
that purpose, as the original might have
been.
Sec. 2. A copy of such will and tests-
ment, or testamentary instrument, and its
probate so ettested, together with the
certificate that said attestation is in due
form as required by the preceding section
Of this act, shall be prima facie evidence
that said-will has been duly admitted to
probate according to the laws of the state
wherein it has been admitted to probate,
and shall be sufficient to authorize the
same TO be recorded in the proper county
or counties in this state.
Sec. 8. Every such will and testament,
or testamentary instrument, and its pro-
bate, which shall be attested and proven
as provided in section l of this act, land
delivered to the clerk of the proper court
10 be recorded. shall take effect and be
valid and effectual as deed of convey
anca of said property, and the record
thereof shall have the same force and
effect as the record of deeds or other con-
veyances to land from the time when such
instrument was delivered to such clerk to
be recorded, and from that time only.
Sec. 4. The record Of such will and
testament. or testamentary instrument,
and its probate, duly attested and proven
as provided in the preceding sections Of
this act, and duly made in the proper
county, shall be taken and held as notice
to all persons of the existence of such
will and testament, and of the title or
TILES conferred thereby.
Sec. 5. The near approach of the close
of the session creates an emergency and
an imperative public necessity that the
constitutional rule requiring bills to be
read on three several days be suspended,
and it Is so suspended. Approved March
% 1887
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
WILLS

Section l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture OF the state of Texas: That when
any will or testament, or testsmentarY
instrument of any character, conveying or
in any manner diSposing of land in this
state, has been duly probated according
to the laws of any of the United States or
territories, copy thereof and its probate,
attested by the clerk of the court in which
such will and testament or testamentary
instrument was admitted to probate, and
the seal of the court annexed if there be
q seal, together with certificate from
the Judge or presiding magistrate of such
court that the said ettestation is in due
form, may be filed and recorded in the
register of deeds in any county IN which
said real estate is situated, in the same
manner as deeds and conyeyances are re-
CURED to be recorded, and without
further proof or authorization. Provided,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
INJURIES RESULTING IN DEATH.

Section l. Be it enacted by the Leglsla-
ture of the state of Texas: That article
1899 of the Revised Civil Statutes of the
State of Texas be so amended as to here
after read as follows:
Article 1899. An action for actual dam
ages on account Of injuries causing the
death of any person may be brought N
the following cases:
l. When the death of any person is
caused by the negligence or carelessness
of the proprietor, owner, charterer or
hirer of any railroad, steamboat, stage
coach or other vehicle for the convey
ance of goods or passengers, or by the
unfuness, negligence or carelessness of
their servants or agents.
,. When the death of any person is
caused by the wrongful act, negligence,
unskillfulness or default of another.
Approved March 25, 1887.